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Ross Taylor Made A Bold Claim On Virat Kohli’s Form Before T20 WC

Former New Zealand star Ross Taylor spoke on Indian batter Virat Kohli ahead of the highly anticipated ICC T20 World Cup. The batter, who is currently playing for India Legends in the Legends League cricket also shared his thoughts on the Men in Blue’s chances at the ICC event.

The 33 year old ended his much awaited century drought in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022 against Afghanistan earlier. After over 1000 days of wait, Virat Kohli scored his much awaited ton, 71st overall and the first in the T20 format. 

Check out Ross Taylor’s comments on Virat Kohli

Speaking to NDTV, the former NZ star spoke about his time at RCB while speaking about the impact of COVID on the fab four of Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Jason Roy. Taylor also goes on to state how Virat Kohli is peaking at the right time ahead of the World Cup.

He is quoted saying,  “I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing with Virat Kohli at RCB and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching his career as well. Players go through form drops and I don’t think enough has been made about COVID-19. COVID has impacted a lot of people in a lot of countries. Smith, and Williamson, had had their struggles during COVID.”

“Everyone just puts it down to form, they are so used to them scoring runs but when players aren’t going to train as much or play as much cricket, they would not be able to get into the groove. Him (Virat Kohli) coming back into form is no surprise to me, it was just a matter of when he scored that ton. He is in great form at the moment and he is peaking at the right time ahead of the World Cup. I think he looks like he is in a good space, he is going to score a lot of hundreds in the coming years, I hope,” he revealed.

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The 38-year-old said also spoke o his home country and shared his expectations from New Zealand in the upcoming ICC event in Australia. He said, “I think, everyone will talk about other nations and New Zealand just seem to make the semi-finals or the final. They have made it to the last four in the last few ICC tournaments, but still, experts don’t put New Zealand in there. The tournament in Australia would be totally different from UAE. The UAE was very toss dominated, most teams that won the toss won the game.”

“I think there would be a lot more skill involved in this World Cup. I think Australia being the home nation and defending champions, must go in as favourites. I think it is a pretty open World Cup, New Zealand will rely heavily on the top-order and our opening bowlers. India, the balance of their side is one of the best going around and the way they are playing at home in the last few games, would give them a lot of confidence heading into the World Cup,” Taylor added.

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